Preamble

The House met at half-past Nine o'clock

PRAYERS

[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]

Madam Speaker: I hope that it will be possible this morning for all those Members who wish to do so to take the oath or to affirm without the need for any suspension of our proceedings. I intend to finish not later than noon. Before those elected for the first time last week come forward, I will take Members from earlier Parliaments who are present, and I see that there are quite a few.

Members Sworn

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:

Glenda May Jackson, CBE, Hampstead and Highgate
Terence Lewis, esquire, Worsley
Right honourable John Alan Redwood, Wokingham
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, esquire, Croydon, South
John Quentin Davies, esquire, Grantham and Stamford
Peter David Robinson, esquire, Belfast, East
Peter James Luff, esquire, Mid-Worcestershire
Nigel Martin Evans, esquire, Ribble Valley
John Rhodes Horam, esquire, Orpington
Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, Mole Valley
Derek John Fatchett, esquire, Leeds, Central
Paul Peter Murphy, esquire, Torfaen
Ian McCartney, esquire, Makerfield
David Anthony Atkinson, esquire, Bournemouth, East
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh, esquire, Gainsborough
John Dominic Battle, esquire, Leeds, West
Joseph Alan Meale, esquire, Mansfield
David Anthony Andrew Amess, esquire, Southend, West
Ian Stewart, esquire, Eccles
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle, esquire, Chorley
Dr. Howard Geoffrey Alvin Stoate, Dartford
Beverley June Hughes, Stretford and Urmston
Linda Perham, Ilford, North
John Healey, esquire, Wentworth
Ronald Cyril Fearn, esquire, Southport
Louise Joyce Ellman, Liverpool, Riverside
Jacqueline Rita, Mrs. Lawrence, Preseli Pembrokeshire
Philip Hammond, esquire, Runnymede and Weybridge
Timothy Paul Loughton, esquire, Worthing, East and Shoreham
Candice Kathleen Atherton, Falmouth and Camborne

Shaun Anthony Woodward, esquire, Witney
James Andrew Plaskitt, esquire, Warwick and Leamington
Dr. John Vincent Cable, Twickenham
Brian Joseph Cotter, esquire, Weston-super-Mare
Adrian Mark Sanders, esquire, Torbay
Sydney Norman John Rapson, esquire, Portsmouth, North
David William St. John Heath, esquire, Somerton and Frome
Timothy William George Collins, esquire, Westmorland and Lonsdale
William Ernest Rammell, esquire, Harlow
Mark Oaten, esquire, Winchester
Thomas Anthony Brake, esquire, Carshalton and Wallington
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart, Slough
Ivor Keith Caplin, esquire, Hove
Christopher Richard Pond, esquire, Gravesham
Gillian Joanna Merron, Lincoln
Kelvin Peter Hopkins, esquire, Luton, North
Theresa Mary, Mrs. May, Maidenhead
Graham Brady, esquire, Altrincham and Sale, West
Martin Philip Caton, esquire, Gower
John Simon Bercow, esquire, Buckingham
Stuart Bell, esquire, Middlesbrough
Right honourable Derek Foster, Bishop Auckland
Nicholas John Gibb, esquire, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Christopher Nigel Beard, esquire, Bexleyheath and Crayford
Stephen John Ladyman, esquire, South Thanet
Stephen Hepburn, esquire, Jarrow
Nicholas Francis St. Aubyn, esquire, Guildford
Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead, esquire, Southampton, Test
Daphne Barbara Follett, Stevenage
Gisela Gschaider, Mrs. Stuart, Birmingham, Edgbaston
Brian David Jenkins, esquire, Tamworth
Patricia Hope Hewitt, Leicester, West
Jonathan Sayeed, esquire, Mid-Bedfordshire
Brian Arthur Robert White, esquire, Milton Keynes, North-East
Nicholas Douglas Palmer, esquire, Broxtowe
Ivan John Henderson, esquire, Harwich
Paul Gordon Clark, esquire, Gillingham
Lawrence William Quinn, esquire, Scarborough and Whitby
Alan Arthur Johnson, esquire, Kingston upon Hull, West and Hessle
Hywel Rhodri Morgan, esquire, Cardiff, West Julie Morgan, Cardiff, North
Paul David Stinchcombe, esquire, Wellingborough
Steven John Byers, esquire, Tyneside, North

Charles Rodway Clarke, esquire, Norwich, South
Claire Margaret Ward, Watford
Debra Ann Shipley, Stourbridge
Michael David Wills, esquire, North Swindon
Gwynfor Mathews Prosser, esquire, Dover
Charlotte Atkins, Staffordshire, Moorlands

Sitting suspended.

On resuming—

Eric Jack Pickles, esquire, Brentwood and Ongar
Barry Strachan Gardiner, esquire, Brent, North
lain Coleman, esquire, Hammersmith and Fulham
Right honourable Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark, Kensington and Chelsea
Margaret Moran, Luton, South
Oona Tamsyn King, Bethnal Green and Bow
Caroline Louise Flint, Don Valley
Andrew Guy Tyrie, esquire, Chichester
Philip James Woolas, esquire, Oldham, East and Saddleworth
Stephen Twigg, esquire, Enfield, Southgate
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, esquire, Beaconsfield
David Roy Lidington, esquire, Aylesbury
David Anthony Crausby, esquire, Bolton, North-East
Philip Andrew Sawford, esquire, Kettering
Eileen, Mrs. Gordon, Romford
Andrew Love, esquire, Edmonton
Geraint Richard Davies, esquire, Croydon, Central
Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews, esquire, Medway

David Lepper, esquire, Brighton, Pavilion
Dr. John Reid, Hamilton, North and Bellshill

11 am

Sitting suspended.

On resuming—
Right honourable Sir Peter Norman Fowler, Sutton Coldfield
John Martin Linton, esquire, Battersea
Paul William Barry Marsden, esquire, Shrewsbury and Atcham
David Laurie Ruffley, esquire, Bury St. Edmunds
Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant, esquire, Beckenham
Right honourable Andrew David Smith, esquire, Oxford, East
Anthony Joseph Lloyd, esquire, Manchester, Central
Judith Ann Church, Dagenham
John Eric Austin, esquire, Erith and Thamesmead
Norman John Baker, esquire, Lewes
Desmond Angus Swayne, esquire, New Forest, West
Trevor Keith Hill, esquire, Streatham
Fiona Elizabeth Ann Jones, Newark
Alun Edward Michael, esquire, Cardiff, South and Penarth
Joan Marie Ryan, Enfield, North

ADJOURNMENT

Resolved,
That this House do now adjourn till Tuesday 13 May at half-past Two o'clock.—[Mrs. Bridget Prentice.]

Adjourned accordingly at Twelve noon.